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Fewer than 12.5 percent of registered voters in Polk County took part in the statewide runoff election that featured three Republican races and one Democratic race for state school superintendent. But when the final numbers […]
From Polk Standard Journal As a local man recovers from surgery this afternoon following a morning shooting, police are in search for the driver of a silver late model pickup truck that is believed to […]
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – June 29, 2018– Criminal charges have been announced and an additional arrest made in the deadly Sunday night shooting that took the life of Cedartown resident Ronald Morris Bentley. Laryan Yance Walker, 30, of 501 […]
MEDIA RELEASE A Cedartown man has been arrested and charged with murder in the early Sunday morning shooting death of Ronald Morris Bentley. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, Laryan Yance Walker, 30, of 501 […]
MEDIA RELEASE Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Polk County posted a record low unemployment rate in May. The area also saw an increase in the number of employed residents and a decrease […]
The offices of the Polk County Board of Elections will be open for early voting for the July 24 statewide run-off election. Early voting begins on Monday, July 2 through July 20, with the exception […]
Polk County Standard Journal A man and woman were jailed after a group was accused of shoplifting at the Cedartown Walmart and ended up in hot pursuit by law enforcement in an attempt to get […]
The investigation continues into the death of a Cedartown man, found lying in the street, dead of an apparent gunshot wound. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 40-year-old Ronald Morris Bentley was found dead […]
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – June 13, 2018: J.P. Foster’s life has taken him many places. Atlanta, Calhoun, Canton, South America, Northern Virginia — but he’ll be the first to tell you that his home […]
A single vehicle wreck on Thursday night in Cedartown has claimed the life of a Rockmart teen. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 15-year-old Kemarion Washington, a Rome High School student, was pronounced dead […]
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